Mystery tour at Elmton & Creswell Junction, 1969
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Mystery tour at Elmton & Creswell Junction, 1969
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 22 Feb 1969
The "Flying Scotsman" pauses for water and the passengers take a look around. Unlikely to happen these days. The mystery train started from St Pancras and ended up at Cleethorpes considerably late, where the locomotive was declared a failure with a leaking steam pipe in the smokebox.
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Image Location
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53.265462
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-1.216895